Free Trade Agreement Negotiations: Australia

My Lords, it is a constant disappointment to me that Opposition Front Benchers find it difficult ...

My Lords, we now come to the 20 minutes allocated for Back-Bench questions. I ask that questions ...

My Lords, I declare an interest as the owner of a livestock farm in the Midlands. Before I ask my...

My noble friend is quite right: Australian animal welfare standards are in fact higher than those...

My Lords, I welcome the opportunity to debate this FTA. Let me say something nice: I congratulate...

My Lords, I think the House is well aware of the scrutiny processes that these agreements go thro...

My Lords, when I worked in No. 10 and was involved in the Brexit debate, I was told on many occas...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to answer my first question from my friend and noble friend Lord...

My Lords, now that we are out of the EU, I welcome trade deals we do with the rest of the world, ...

My Lords, I first thank the noble Lord for his kind comments. It is the case that politics someti...

My Lords, I think I welcome the Minister’s comment that the House will have the opportunity to fu...

My Lords, I can certainly confirm that the House will be given sufficient time to scrutinise thes...

My Lords, this agreement could offer an opportunity for many smaller UK businesses to get into th...

My Lords, my noble friend is absolutely right. A point I have made previously from this Dispatch ...

My Lords, I declare my farming interests as set out in the register. As a carrot—forgive the pun—...

The noble Lord, Lord Carrington, asks two important questions. If I may, I will consult my minist...

My Lords, I declare my agricultural interests in the register. In particular, I am a livestock fa...

My Lords, I am happy to confirm to my noble friend that there will be absolutely no diminution of...

My Lords, how extraordinary that there should be this opposition to a trade deal with Australia—a...

My noble friend makes an important point. If someone came to listen to these proceedings for the ...

My Lords, this is a short description of Australian farming:

“The introduction of a distinc...

The noble Baroness always speaks with authority on these matters and I always listen to her caref...

My Lords, the Statement refers to what the world will be like in 2030, 2040 and 2050. One reality...

I am very happy to give my noble friend a full assurance on those matters. As noble Lords will be...

I congratulate my noble friend on negotiating this agreement but, before we get too carried away,...

I thank my noble friend for that. I indeed looked into the question of food miles before this deb...

My Lords, with apologies to the noble Baroness, Lady Ritchie, we have reached the time limit of 2...